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Webster 1913 Edition

Decrepitate

De-crep′i-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Decrepitated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Decrepitating
.]
[Cf. F.
décrépiter
.]
To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise;
as, to
decrepitate
salt
.

De-crep′i-tate

,
Verb.
I.
To crackle, as salt in roasting.

Webster 1828 Edition

Decrepitate

DECREPITATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. To break or burst, to crackle.] To roast or calcine in a strong heat, with a continual bursting or crackling of the substance; as, to decrepitate salt.

DECREPITATE

,
Verb.
I.
To crackle, as salts when roasting.

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